Les Cars Rouge Paris Hop On Hop Off Sightseeing Bus
Value For Money HoHo Bus Covering The Centre Of Paris
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Les Cars Rouge Paris Hop On Hop Off Sightseeing Bus |
The Les Cars Rouge hop on hop off sightseeing bus is one of the two dominant classic double decker open top sightseeing operations in Paris. The other operator is L'OpenTour which we detail on a dedicated page.
There is a clear difference between Les Cars Rouge and L'Opentour hop on hop off sightseeing bus services.
The Les Cars Rouge option has just 9 stops covering all the major sightseeing attractions in the very centre of Paris including the Eiffel Tower, Champs Elysees, Notre Dame and Louvre.
The L'OpenTour alternative has 4 routes all covered by the same ticket. L'OpenTour has a core central route similar to Les Cars Rouge and three other routes that covers the major sights outside the very centre like Montmartre, Bastille and Catacoombes and also the major rail stations including Gare Du Nord.
Les Cars Rouge Route
The Les Cars Rouge has nine stops at strategic points close to the main places tourists want to visit. You can board at any point and hop on and hop off as many times as you like during the two day validity of the ticket.
The Les Cars Rouge buses run every 10 minutes during the summer months, 20 minutes in the winter. The buses operate from around 09:30 with last departurse in the early evening.
- Eiffel Tower - Quai Branly, in front of Bridge of Iena
- Champs de Mars - Avenue Joseph Bouvard
- Musee du Louvre - Near the Pont des Arts
- Notre Dame - in front of the 25 rue d'Arcole
- Musee d'Orsay - in front of the Musee d'Orsay entrance
- Opera - in front of the 15 rue Scribe
- Champs Elysees-Etoile (Arc de Triomphe)- 156 avenue des Champs-Elysees
- Grand Palais - Avenue Winston Churchill
- Trocadero - in the angle of the Avenue Paul Doumer
Les Cars Rouge Route Buses, Timetables & Guiding
Buses are modern purpose built douvle deck buses like that pictured at top of the page. .
Luggage is unable to be stored. Not wheelchair accessible
Audio commentary with individual earphones in: French, English, Spanish, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin or Russian.
You will receive headphones for the commentary the first time you use your ticket.
Broadly all routes start operating about 09:30 and last departure from Grand Palais departs around 18:00.
Complete circuit is scheduled at 2 hours 20 minutes
Frequencies are every 10 minutes in the high season, 20 minutes in the low season
Les Cars Rouge Prices & Ticketing
A single ticket is valid for two calendar days from the time of first use.
The ticket dosen't include any admissions to attractions
You can ride the buses as much or as little as you require for the days your ticket is valid.
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L'OpenTour Hop On Hop Off Bus & Batobus Hop On Hop Off Boat Combination Ticket
Combine Paris L'OpenTour hop on/off bus pass with Batobus river boat shuttle service.
Available for 2 or 3 days, you have access to more than 58 stops using both means of transportation and enjoy the exceptional views of the monuments of Paris and the Seine river from the rear terraces of the boats and the top decks of the buses.
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